60 self-love quotes you should read to yourself every day

To always feel good, you need to take care of yourself – and we’re not just talking about pampering yourself. Sometimes just reading about self-love can help you achieve the best version of yourself – so we’ve put together some of the best self-love quotes. Try reading through them every day as a constant reminder that you are indeed so special. But don’t forget to keep that attitude throughout the day.

Try to spend some time taking care of your body by exercising (just taking a walk is enough!) or just stand in front of the mirror and compliment yourself. You deserve it!

And if you ever need a little reminder, here it is: You are special, you are unique, you are loved, and you deserve recognition for all the wonderful things you do every day.

Now go ahead and start loving yourself even more!

• “Once you accept your mistakes, no one can use them against you.” – George RR Martin

• “You change the world by being yourself.” – Yoko Ono

• “One of the greatest regrets in life is trying to be what others want you to be instead of being yourself.” – Shannon L. Alder

• “Flowers grow back even after the harshest winters. So will you.” – Jennae Cecelia

• “The greatest challenge is to be yourself in a world where everyone is trying to make you into someone else.” – EE Cummings

• “The most frightening thing is to accept yourself completely.” – Carl Gustav Jung

• “Self-love is an ocean and your heart is a vessel. Fill it, and any excess will spill over into the lives of those you care about. But you must come first.” – Beau Taplin

• “Our first and last love is self-love.” – Christian Nestell Bovee

• “He who looks outward, dreams; he who looks inward, awakens.” – Carl Gustav Jung

• “Loving yourself is not vanity, but reason.” – Katrina Mayer

• “I took a deep breath and listened to the old boast of my heart. I am, I am, I am.” – Sylvia Plath

• “Nobody can save me. I know that because I’ve tried to get them to. It doesn’t work. It’s all on me.” – Michelle D’Avella

• “Feel that you are enough.” – Mark Nepo

• “Don’t fall into the trap of sacrificing your self-esteem for affection and acceptance.” – Ashley Graham

• “Treat yourself like someone you love.” – Glennon Doyle

• “I am safe in this container that calls me.” – Haruki Murakami

• “I used to be tied to people who put limits on what they thought I could do. That taught me that if you want something, you have to go out and do it yourself. If you don’t ask for it, you won’t get it.” – Ashley Graham

• “And I said to my body, ‘I want to be your friend.’ It took a deep breath. And replied, ‘I’ve been waiting for this my whole life.’ – Nayyirah Waheed

• “Loneliness is a sign that you desperately need yourself.” – Rupi Kaur

• “To fall in love with yourself is the first secret of happiness.” – Robert Morley

• “Document the moments when you fell in love with yourself the most – what you were wearing, who you were with, what you were doing. Recreate it and repeat it.” – Warsan Shire

• “Sometimes I pretend to be normal. But then it gets boring. So I become myself again.” – Ain Eineziz

• “If we all did the things we are capable of, we would literally astonish ourselves.” – Thomas Edison

• “Self-love, my vassal, is not so great a sin as self-neglect.” – William Shakespeare

• “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” – Mark Twain

• “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest achievement.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “If you cannot love yourself, you will find it difficult to love others, because you will resent giving another person time and energy that you do not even give to yourself.” – Barbara De Angelis

• “Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw

• “Accept the glorious mess that you are.” – Elizabeth Gilbert

• “Find out who you are and do it on purpose.” – Dolly Parton

• “Talk to yourself as you would to someone you love.” – Brené Brown

• “Beauty begins the moment you decide to be yourself.” – Coco Chanel

• “The more I like myself, the less I want to pretend to be someone else.” – Jamie Lee Curtis

• “There is you and you. That is a relationship. That is the most important relationship.” – Nayyirah Waheed

• “Remember that you cannot fail if you are yourself.” – Wayne Dyer

• “As you love yourself, you teach others to love you.” – Rupi Kaur

• “Doubt destroys more dreams than failure.” – Suzy Kassem

• “You are free, you are powerful, you are good, you are love, you have value, you have purpose. Everything is good.” – Abraham Hicks

• “This is not the time to sink into the undergrowth of your insecurities. You have earned the right to grow. You must carry the water yourself.” – Cheryl Strayed

• “The low point became the solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.” – JK Rowling

• “Love yourself first and everything else will follow. You have to really love yourself to get anywhere in this world.” – Lucille Ball

• “I must commit myself to loving and respecting myself as if my life depended on self-love and self-respect.” – Maya Angelou

• “Friendship with yourself is the most important thing, because without it you can’t be friends with anyone else in the world.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

• “What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared with what lies within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

• “Never give up on anyone. And that includes never giving up on yourself.” – Dieter F. Uchtdorf

• “When you say ‘yes’ to others, be careful not to say ‘no’ to yourself.” – Paulo Coelho

• “Be yourself. Everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde

• “No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

• “Plant hope in the wounds of your heart.” – Alexandra Vasiliu

• “You are always with yourself, so you might as well enjoy the company.” – Diane von Furstenberg

• “When I loved myself enough, I began to let go of everything that wasn’t healthy. That meant people, jobs, my own beliefs and habits – anything that held me down. My judgment called it disloyal. Now I see it as self-love.” – Kim McMillen

• “The real difficulty is changing the way you think about yourself.” – Maya Angelou

• “You have to believe in yourself when no one else does – that’s what makes you a winner here.” – Venus Williams

• “Be brave enough to heal yourself, even if it hurts.” – Bianca Sparacino

• “Stay true to yourself. An original is worth more than a copy.” – Suzy Kassem

• “We accept the love we think we deserve.” – Stephen Chbosky

• “It’s interesting how often we don’t recognize all the aspects of our strength.” – Lena Dunham

• “Love is the great miracle cure. Loving ourselves works wonders in our lives.” – Louise Hay

• “I believe that you should work on yourself until you die.” – Serena Williams

• “Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one in the world who is more you than you! Shout out loud: ‘I am happy to be what I am!…'” – Dr. Seuss